GRE Word List
PROPONENT
one who argues in favor of something : advocate
The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| yore | time past and especially long past |